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surfy

surfy

1 7.5
Having a relaxed beach style with bright colors and pictures of waves
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɜrfi/
  • Informal
: playero
  • In deeper snow, it's effortless and surfy.

Examples

  • Its rockered profile and tapered ends provide impressive maneuverability and give it a surfy feel.

  • Daniel was extremely thin, with deep lines in his face, though he was only twenty-five, like us, with a blond shock of surfy hair.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Daniel was extremely thin, with deep lines in his face, though he was only twenty-five, like us, with a blond shock of surfy hair.

Synonyms

beachy
vssurfy
  • Informal
3 3.4

A relaxed, sunny style like being at the beach

is narrower and linked to wave riding culture and its specific style

How Surfy

surfy
  • Informal
1 7.5
beachy
  • Informal
3 3.4
coastal
145 2.4

Surface Forms

surfy positive

Morphology

surfy = surf (transparent) = surf + y

The adjective 'surfy' is transparently derived from 'surf' with the addition of the suffix '-y', indicating qualities related to surf.

Etymology

Surfy comes from the word surf, as in surfer and surfboard, plus the ending -y, which means 'like' or 'full of'. So surfy means 'like surf culture' or 'having a relaxed, beachy style'.